Commonwealth Numbered Acts

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983 No. 119 of 1983 - SECT 19

19. (1) Financial assistance is granted to a State under section 6 on the
additional condition that the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister
(not later than 30 June 1985 or such later date as the Minister approves)-

   (a)  a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person
        has satisfied himself that the condition specified in paragraph 6 (2)
        (a) has been fulfilled in relation to that financial assistance; and

   (b)  a statement, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister, that
        specifies-

        (i)    the projects (not including a project the total expenditure in
               relation to which was less than $30,000) in relation to which
               the amount applied by the State in pursuance of the condition
               specified in paragraph 6 (2) (a) in its application to that
               financial assistance has been applied, the amount so applied in
               relation to each of those projects and the total of those
               amounts; and

        (ii)   the amount applied by the State in pursuance of the condition
               specified in paragraph 6 (2) (a) in its application to that
               financial assistance in relation to projects the total
               expenditure in relation to each of which was less than $30,000.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under section 8, 10, 12, 13, 15
or 17 on the additional condition that the State will cause to be furnished to
the Minister (not later than 30 June 1985 or such later date as the Minister
approves in relation to the grant)-

   (a)  a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person
        has satisfied himself that the condition or conditions specified in
        sub-section 8 (2), 10 (2), 12 (2), 13 (2), 15 (2) or 17 (5), as the
        case may be, has or have been fulfilled; and

   (b)  a statement, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister, that
        summarizes, in respect of government schools, the manner in which the
        amount applied by the State in pursuance of the conditions or
        condition so specified has been so applied.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under section 10, 12, 13, 15 or
17 on the additional condition that, if a State has established, or proposes
to establish, a committee of persons (by whatever name described) for the sole
or principal purpose of providing advice in respect of the distribution of
financial assistance granted under one or more of those sections, the
State Education Minister will, before making any appointment or further
appointment to that committee, consult the Commonwealth Education Minister
with respect to the criteria for making appointments to that committee.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under a section contained in
this Part on the additional conditions that the State will-

   (a)  ensure that the benefits of, and the opportunities created by, the
        application of an amount equal to so much of the amount of that
        financial assistance as is applied for the purpose of meeting
        expenditure to which that financial assistance relates, being
        expenditure in connection with co-educational schools in the State,
        are as far as practicable, equally available to male students and
        female students at those schools; and

   (b)  cause to be furnished to the Minister a statement in writing setting
        out such information with respect to the fulfillment of the condition
        specified in paragraph (a) as is required by the Minister to be so
        furnished.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under a section contained in
this Part on the additional condition that, if the State does not fulfil a
condition specified in this Part with respect to that grant, the State will,
if the Minister so determines, repay to the Commonwealth such amount (not
being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance
paid to the State under that section) as the Minister specifies in the
determination as the amount that should be repaid by the State.